{"id":1363,"date":"2025-02-12T19:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T19:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/verge\/?p=1363"},"modified":"2025-02-18T21:18:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T21:18:50","slug":"west-antarctic-ice-sheet-wais-collapse-and-future-impacts-on-sea-level-rise-driven-migration-on-the-united-states-atlantic-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/verge\/17\/west-antarctic-ice-sheet-wais-collapse-and-future-impacts-on-sea-level-rise-driven-migration-on-the-united-states-atlantic-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Collapse and Future Impacts on Sea Level Rise \u2013 Driven Migration on the United States Atlantic Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Jaida Rhea<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>From the author:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Growing up in the Chesapeake Bay watershed area, I experienced the impacts of sea level rise even before learning the words to describe the process. Sea levels are rising, and they are rising fast. Many people, including myself, have heard the term \u201csea level rise\u201d used in news sources and media outlets, but don\u2019t completely understand what is happening, why it is happening, or how communities will be impacted in the future. In this mock research proposal written for ES415: Climate Change, I attempt to answer these questions. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, by the end of this century, global mean sea level is predicted to rise at least one foot above 2000 levels. As our planet grows warmer, sea levels will only continue to increase. In this proposal, I explore two major causes of global sea level rise and describe a specific event that could lead to sea levels increasing even faster than they are currently. I also look at the impacts this event could have on the United States Atlantic Coast and develop a framework of how we can better connect major sea level rise events and impacts on people and their communities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read : <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/verge\/files\/2025\/02\/ES003_2024_FINAL.pdf\">West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Collapse and Future Impacts on Sea Level Rise \u2013 Driven Migration on the United States Atlantic Coast<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Copyrights of all Verge articles and editorial material belong to the authors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSea levels along the United States Atlantic Coastline will rise an additional 10 to 12 inches by 2050 with specific amounts varying regionally, mainly due to land height changes. Areas along the United States Atlantic Coast are most vulnerable to sea level rise due to the low-lying topography, high economic value, and relatively high storm frequency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are two major causes of global sea level rise: increased melting of land-based ice, such as glaciers and ice sheets, and thermal expansion caused by warming of the ocean. However, there is one specific event that poses the most immediate threat of a large rise in sea levels: the potential collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe melting of the Antarctic Ice Sheet and the potential collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet will continue to contribute to sea level rise for a long period of time and will test the adaptive capacity of humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54551],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-54551"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/verge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/verge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/verge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/verge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/verge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1363"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/verge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1456,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/verge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363\/revisions\/1456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/verge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/verge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/verge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}